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Sunday, April 19, 2015

A day for splashing

We've had almost seven inches of rain this past week and the lower part of our garden is now a shallow pond.
Today when the clouds moved off to the east leaving an expanse of blue skies and warm sunshine, the little pond warmed up nicely.

My great nephew Jordan saw the pond earlier when he came over to walk with us, but it was still overcast and too cool to wade. As the day warmed, he came over to check out the "swimming pool."

He started off running through it with his galoshes, but it quickly turned into a splashing event as he tried to soak Jilda, his mom and me.

I snapped a few other pictures of him before he reluctantly headed home for a bath.

Wow, 7 inches of rain... That's a big splash for a little boy and a big pond to play in. I remember how much I loved water when I was kid. When we had a big down pour, I'd stand under the roof and the water would come dow in buckets on my head and it was fun and I remember playing in muddy puddles too.

RAIN??? You get rain? Seven inches in one week? Rick, I've got to tell you, I'm trying not to grind my teeth with envy. Here in Calif. we measure rain with a teaspoon for the past four years now. Your great-nephew has every reason to enjoy himself! ... But really now, seven inches ... I can only drool. Oh, wait, no we save drool around here and go pour it onto some pitiful little potted plant.

Oh what memories that brings back. Wading in 'mud holes'. Most ditches were not muddy but we still called them mud holes for some reason. I even had a friend we called Mud Hole Yancey.Yep he will remember this for sure. I think all that rain came to NC also. I bought a $20 pair boots and they have been worth it. (I wish I could work bare footed still).

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I am an award-winning writer who often uses humor to paint pictures of life situations. "My goal is to leave the reader smiling." I write books as well as newspaper and magazine columns.I am also singer/songwriter who writes and performs folk/Americana music at festivals and coffee houses across the south.

My three non-fiction books are Life Changes, Life Happens which was released in September of 2012, and Remembering Big which I released in 2008.The release date for book four, Life Goes On, is scheduled for the summer of 2016.